🇺🇸CFD jobs in California
194 open roles mentioning CFD in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Glean, Anduril Industries, SpaceX, Rocket Lab and Valar Atomics have the most. 2 are remote and the median advertised salary is $193K.
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- Commercial Sales Manager, WestGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$300K - $370KLLMZendeskServiceNow
- High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerLinux
- Power Generation Design Engineer, Electrical & MechanicalOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$257K - $327KHybridPE licenseData centersTest planning
- Packaging Thermal and Mechanical Analysis Internship - Summer 2027Lightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA—InternPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Senior Ground Software Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Ground Software Engineer IRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorRustGoPython
- Ground Software Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$108K - $148KRustGoPython
- Mechanical Engineer - Sensor CleaningZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$157K - $216KPythonAirflowTest planning
- Senior Mechanical Engineer - Thermal & Fluids SystemsCritical Energy · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$140K - $200KSeniorPythonTest planningCAD
- Senior Mechanical EngineerCritical Energy · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$140K - $200KSeniorTest planningCADFEA
- Senior Mechanical Design EngineerCritical Energy · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$140K - $200KSeniorMechatronicsCADCNC machining
- Battery Mechanical EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$142K - $188KPythonExcelMATLAB
- Cryogenic Mechanical EngineerPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California$89K - $149KMATLABOpticsCNC machining
- Principal Product Manager, Creation PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$331K - $383KLead and aboveAI agentsData modelingCDN
- Staff Mechanical Engineer, Numenor (Reactor)Valar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$175K - $225KLead and abovePE licenseMechatronicsCAD
- Senior Mechanical Engineer, Numenor (Reactor)Valar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$140K - $180KSeniorMechatronicsCADGD&T
- Product Compliance Officer, GrowthAdyen · 🇺🇸New York; San Francisco$120K - $195KCFDRisk management
- Forward Deployed RecruiterGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$140K - $185KLLMZendeskServiceNow
- AI Biologist - NeuroscienceLatchBio · 🇺🇸San Francisco (preferred)$140K - $180KRemoteGoAICFD
- Tech Lead Manager, Product GrowthGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$250K - $300KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMZendesk
- Technical Account Manager 2 - San FranciscoDatadog · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, USA$101K - $134KGoPythonJavaScript
- HPC Systems EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KAzurePyTorchTensorFlow
- Office ManagerGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA—LLMZendeskServiceNow
- Senior Social Media ManagerGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA$172K - $198KSeniorGoLLMZendesk
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $260KSeniorDockerTerraformGCP
- Systems Engineer, Thermal and AirflowMill · 🇺🇸San Bruno, California$165K - $195KPythonAirflowMATLAB
- Software Engineer, Native MobileGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$140K - $265KKotlinSwiftLLM
- AI Engineer - Quality and Post-TrainingGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $280KPythonTypeScriptMachine Learning
- AI Engineer - Data and EvalsGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $280KPythonTypeScriptSQL
- Director, Digital MarketingGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA$253K - $292KLead and aboveLLMSEOZendesk
- Global Lead, Analyst RelationsGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA$172K - $198KLead and aboveGoGCPLLM
- CISOGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$424K - $489KLLMZendeskAI agents
- Senior Marine Propulsion EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Santa Ana, California, United States$167K - $222KSeniorComputer VisionSecurity clearanceTest planning
- Senior Body Mechanical EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KSeniorComputer VisionSecurity clearanceSensor fusion
- Machine Learning Engineer, Enterprise BrainGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $280KMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Staff Mechanical EngineerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$173K - $211KLead and aboveCADGD&TFEA
- Customer Advocacy ManagerGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA · +1 more location$139K - $149KLLMZendeskGoogle Workspace
- Head of Strategic Partnerships, LabsScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$134K - $168KLead and aboveLLMGenerative AICFD
- Software Engineer, Agentic RuntimeGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$180K - $210KGoPythonTypeScript
- Tech Lead Manager, AI EvaluationsGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA$250K - $350KLead and abovePythonLLMCI/CD
- Senior Mechanical EngineerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$140K - $180KSeniorCADGD&TFEA
- Technical Specialist, Vehicle Systems ModelingLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$166K - $244KPythonMATLABGit
- Principal Combustion Devices EngineerRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$162K - $350KLead and aboveMATLABGD&TFEA
- CAE EngineerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$150K - $230KPythonTest planningHardware testing
- Staff Propulsion Analyst, Engine PerformanceTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA$185K - $280KLead and abovePythonMATLABSecurity clearance
- Senior/Staff Applied ScientistGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA$180K - $330KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Deputy Chief Engineer, DiscoveryAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States; Waltham, Massachus…$191K - $254KLead and abovePythonMATLABComputer Vision
- Brand Marketing LeadBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, Califor…$155K - $194KLead and aboveBrand designPerformance marketingPaid social
- Aerodynamics & Analysis Engineering Internship - Summer 2027Varda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States—InternPythonLinuxMATLAB
- Senior Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$140K - $179KSeniorPythonMATLABSecurity clearance
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Who is hiring for CFD roles in California
What CFD roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $182K | 100 |
| Senior | $186K | 43 |
| Lead and above | $225K | 39 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about CFD jobs in California
- How many CFD jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 194 open CFD jobs in California at 46 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 16 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most CFD jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Glean (59), Anduril Industries (39), SpaceX (17), Rocket Lab (10) and Valar Atomics (8). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote CFD jobs in California?
- 2 of the 194 open CFD jobs in California (1%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do CFD jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $193K, based on 184 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $162K and $225K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the CFD jobs in California?
- 7 of the 194 open CFD jobs in California (4%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 135 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 46 companies are hiring and 16 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing CFD jobs in California?
- 111 of the 194 open CFD jobs in California (57%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Computer Vision, AI. Employers still list 194 such roles today at 46 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do CFD jobs in California ask for?
- Most often CFD (100%), Python (43%), FEA (36%), LLM (33%), Zendesk (30%) of the 194 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in CFD jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (14), Product Manager (9), Thermal Engineer (8), Senior Mechanical Engineer (4), Staff Mechanical Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 194 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are CFD jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 194 CFD jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 46 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 16 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $193K. 2 (1%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for CFD jobs in California?
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